FutureCasting for Teachers

FutureCasting is a framework of “life skills” that enable young people to connect who they are today with the person they will be, both personally and professionally, in the future. Within this framework, students answer the questions “Who am I?” and “Who do I want to be?” The answers to these questions empower students to take control of their digital identity and personal reputation, identify the value systems that influence choices, define personal and “professional” goals, and become aware of how the choices they make today affect future opportunities. This presentation introduces teachers, parents, and counselors to FutureCasting and provides activities for participants that can be implemented immediately. Begin the work of helping students become the master of their own developmental trajectory and the hero of their own story!

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The BEST Way To
Control the Message
Create Favorable Content
• Set up a linkedin.com proﬁle that is public
• Get people to “endorse” you professionally
• Update proﬁles regularly
• Blog on a topic of interest
• Contribute in positive ways to the online
community - and do so often!

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Manage
Relationships
• Don’t criticize, condemn, or complain
• Give honest and sincere appreciation
• Figure out how to get others to want to do
or not do...

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Manage
Relationships
• Arousing the desire to do or act in a
particular way:
• Make the person feel important
• Let the person believe the idea was
their own - let them take credit.
• Simply building self-efﬁcacy

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Become Well Liked
• Be genuinely interested in people
• Smile or be positive
• Use the person’s name

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• Be interested in what the other
person is interested in
• Make the other person feel
important by genuinely valuing
what they have to offer
• There can be more power in listening than
talking
Become Well Liked

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Engender
Support
• Avoid conﬂict or arguments when possible
• Show respect for others’ opinions and
ideas